--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Tue Oct 13 17:34:28 2015 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Wed Oct 14 13:30:47 2015 -0400
@@ -1579,11 +1579,9 @@
             return;
           }
           // Make sure "this" has been initialized if current method is an
-          // <init>.  Note that "<init>" methods in interfaces are just
-          // normal methods.  Interfaces cannot have ctors.
+          // <init>.
           if (_method->name() == vmSymbols::object_initializer_name() &&
-              current_frame.flag_this_uninit() &&
-              !current_class()->is_interface()) {
+              current_frame.flag_this_uninit()) {
             verify_error(ErrorContext::bad_code(bci),
                          "Constructor must call super() or this() "
                          "before return");